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No. 79,161. 4 r Patented June 23, 1868.

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Letters Patent No, 79,161, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT In UULTIVATOR.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, ELBEItT TIiRRIL, of Cold Water, in the county'of Branch, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators} and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification,

in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved cultivator.

Figure 2 shows a front end view of the same. p

The object of my invention is to make an agricultural implement that can be operated with successiu various soils, where there are surface-stones, or small boulders which have the tendency to vary the direct line, and oftentimes 'damagethe rows of plants, by guiding the shovel-points on to the rows.

My invention consists in the arrangement for connecting the guiding-handles with the draughtbeam, whereby the outside shovel-points can be varied veither in or out of the line of draught, with those points forward which are secured to the beam when the implement is in use, so as to accommodate the irregularities which might otherwise be made by smallstoncs on other hard substances.

To enable others to. make and use my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon V I make the beam A of hard wood, of any required size and length. Through the rear end I make a mortise sufliciently large to admit a cross-timber, B, in the ends of which are secured eyesand ring-bolts a a. The bolts passing through the handles 0 (l are held by the screw-nuts-b b on the outside. Above'and'below the crosstirobcr B are turned pieces, D D, of timber, which have shoulders a e, and long stems (Z 01, passing through the handles O C- loosely, so that they may move easily upon them. The stems d d are provided with spiral or coiled springsffff, between the shoulders c c and the handles 0 C, so as to hold the handles at rest in'theiz proper position, but will allow them to be vibrated sideways a suilicient distance to avoid moving the beam A, and the shovel-cultivator points E, which are attached to the pieces G G, and secured to the beam A about midway between the rear end and the clevie, to which the chain is attached for draught, To the lower ends of the handles 0 Q are attached shovel-pointed cultivators F F, which are controlled by the'driver and holder to effect the desired purpose.

I The handle-timbers C C are strengthened and held for action by brace-rods it it, connected to staples z z'just above the cultivator-blades F F, and extending forward to near the end of the beam A, and are secured by the boltji The forward stationary points E E are also held by short brace-rods e e, connecting the pieces G G withthe forward end of the beam A, the whole being a substantial and very eificient agricultural implement, much needed in some soils, in various sections of the country.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as nod, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The arrangement, herein described, for connecting the handles CYCand cultivator-blades F with the beam A and stationary cultivator-points E E, so that the whole may be operated substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. I claim the round pieces D D, with their shoulders c c and springs ff, in combination with the handles G G, for controlling the action of the ontside'cultivators, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof, I. hereunto subscribe my name inthe presence of k ELBERT TERRIL.

Witnesses:

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